Month: April 2019

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season. And quiet those critics, too. Led by De’Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A legislative fight over expanding Medicaid in Kansas is delaying approval of the state’s next annual budget as expansion supporters try to keep Republican opponents from blocking it for another year.…

Iola track took a small squad of six athletes to Paola on Thursday due to a JV meet in Chanute on Monday that many of the younger athletes attended.  Jack Adams and Mat Karr both…

A frightening picture of childhood has been painted by a jarring new study. Between 2007 and 2015, the amount of U.S. children — from ages 5 to 18 — treated in emergency rooms following suicidal…

WASHINGTON — Shortly before ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, President Donald Trump said he would take an even “tougher” tack on border policies that for more than two years, by his own measure, have…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas junior forward Dedric Lawson has decided to enter his name in the 2019 NBA draft, he reported Monday on Twitter. “First I would like to thank God for blessing me with…

MORAN — Yates Center baseball went to Marmaton Valley and came away with two blowout wins over their Three Rivers League-foe.  Yates Center won game one 17-0 in five innings and game two 20-0 in…

MORAN — Both Marmaton Valley and Yates Center softball got late-inning rallies Monday night, ending the series in a split.  Yates Center got an extra inning, 15-11 win in game one before Marmaton Valley came…

Michael Dean Marquez, 57, of Houston, Texas, passed away on March 23, 2019 in Houston. He was born on June 3, 1961 in Chanute to Manuel and Virginia (Perez) Marquez. He graduated from Humboldt High…

Vincent J. Smith, 72, died Feb. 11, 2019, in Grain Valley, Mo. He was born Oct. 20, 1946, at Iola to Raymond D. and Frances (Weatherman) Smith. He attended Iola High School and graduated in…